Lucky Millinder

Readin', 'Ritin', and Rhythm

Milton Schwarzwald

Don Byas, Lucky Millinder

READIN' RITIN' AND RHYTHM 1939. Here is a neat short featuring some lindy and shag dancing.

The Lonesome Road

Lucky Millinder, Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Early footage of Sister Rosetta Tharpe when she was band vocalist with Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra.

I Want a Big Fat Mama

Lucky Millinder

Lucky Millinder and his "I Want a Big Fat Mama".

Four or Five Times

Lucky Millinder, Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe when she was band vocalist with Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra singing the song "Four or Five Times".

Paradise in Harlem

Joseph Seiden

Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood

It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the witness of a crime and the mobster strongly advised him to leave the town...